Once-famous firms such as British Leyland, GEC and ICI have fallen apart or been taken over and dismembered.

例如英国雷德兰汽车公司、美国通用电气公司、英国化学工业公司-----这些曾经一度闻名的工厂----或破产或被接管或被分割。

She worked for a small plastics company after leaving college but was rejected for a position at the British chemical giant ICI because, as the personnel report stated, " This woman is headstrong, obstinate and dangerously self-opinionated" .

离开大学之后为一家小型的塑胶制品公司工作，却被拒绝在英国化学巨头ICI（ICI： 即，帝国化学工业 - Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd）任职，因为正如那份人事部报告所述，" 这位女士个性倔强，宁折不弯，并且固执己见到了危险的程度。"